The Fence
A Police Cover-up Along Boston's Racial Divide
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, True Crime, Biography & Memoir
| Author: | Dick Lehr | ISBN: | 9780061893988 |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins e-books | Publication: | June 23, 2009 |
| Imprint: | HarperCollins e-books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Dick Lehr |
| ISBN: | 9780061893988 |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins e-books |
| Publication: | June 23, 2009 |
| Imprint: | HarperCollins e-books |
| Language: | English |
“A monumental account of an urban travesty….[It] has all the earmarks of a classic.”
—Dennis Lehane, New York Times bestselling author of Mystic River and Shutter Island
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Dick Lehr’s The Fence, *subtitled, “*A Police Cover-up Along Boston’s Racial Divide,” is a shocking true story of racism, brutality, official lies and negligence, when the truth about the savage beating of black plainclothes policeman by white officers was hidden behind a “blue wall of silence.” Respected journalist Lehr, winner of the Hancock Award, the Loeb Award, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, and bestselling author of Black Mass and Judgment Ridge, sheds a brilliant light on all aspects of this powerful, disturbing event and its aftermath.
“A monumental account of an urban travesty….[It] has all the earmarks of a classic.”
—Dennis Lehane, New York Times bestselling author of Mystic River and Shutter Island
* *
Dick Lehr’s The Fence, *subtitled, “*A Police Cover-up Along Boston’s Racial Divide,” is a shocking true story of racism, brutality, official lies and negligence, when the truth about the savage beating of black plainclothes policeman by white officers was hidden behind a “blue wall of silence.” Respected journalist Lehr, winner of the Hancock Award, the Loeb Award, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, and bestselling author of Black Mass and Judgment Ridge, sheds a brilliant light on all aspects of this powerful, disturbing event and its aftermath.
